Do not get into a fight if you can possibly avoid it. If you get in, see it through. Don't hit if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting, but never hit soft. Don't hit at all if you can help it; don't hit a man if you can possibly avoid it; but if you do hit him, put him to sleep.

While President, I have been President - emphatically.

It may be true that he travels farthest who travels alone, but the goal thus reached is not worth reaching.

The name Roosevelt has this legendary force in our country at this time.

The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be avoided; but never hit softly.

If elected, I shall see to it that every man has a square deal, no less and no more.

I believe that the officers, and, especially, the directors, of corporations should be held personally responsible when any corporation breaks the law.